"rickettsia" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rickettsias [plural], rickettsiae [plural]
Etymology: From translingual Rickettsia (genus name), from Howard Taylor Ricketts, equivalent to Ricketts + -ia. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mul|Rickettsia}} translingual Rickettsia, {{gloss|genus name}} (genus name), {{suffix|en|Ricketts|ia}} Ricketts + -ia Head templates: {{en-noun|s|rickettsiae}} rickettsia (plural rickettsias or rickettsiae)
  1. Any of a group of gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by ticks, fleas and lice, that cause typhus and other diseases.
    Sense id: en-rickettsia-en-noun-ZWpA-LHh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ia, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Bacteria Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ia: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Bacteria: 83 17
  2. (informal) Any bacterium of the order Rickettsiales. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-rickettsia-en-noun-~Kh2jBQf Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rickettsial, rickettsialpox, rickettsiology Related terms: Rickettsia (english: genus), Rickettsieae (alt: tribus), Rickettsiaceae (alt: familia), Rickettsiales (english: order)

Inflected forms

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